OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee says Washington state has a moral obligation to address carbon pollution and used his State of the State address Tuesday to tout his recent proposal for a cap-and-trade program that requires the largest industrial polluters to pay for every ton of carbon they release.
“We face many challenges, but it is the growing threat of carbon pollution that can permanently change the nature of Washington as we know,” Inslee said in prepared remarks.
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